I know spinner. It feels weird as heck planting something in March. Last year the wife was saying "it'll never work" but her sister said "do it on St Patricks Day". Her sister was right.

Potatoes are easy. You bury them about 4 inches deep, spaced about every 8-12 inches, in rows about 3' apart. As they send up new leaves you sort of bury them over and over until you got hilly rows. Last year was good so we're doing an even bigger patch. About 750 sq ft of just potatoes. Last year we did about half that much. Ran out of potatoes in late-November and had to start buying them. This winter maybe they'll last until February. They start making eyes around then.

Later at the end of April it gets serious. Corn patch is going to be about 1000 sq feet. Illini Extra Sweet. Oh yeah. Planning a nice strawberry patch for the grandkids. Already have a pretty large area where we grow tomatoes, peppers, melons, cucumbers, and pumpkins.

I hate mowing the two acres so little by little I'm tilling it where it's sunny enough. By the time I get done I'll only have 1/2 to 3/4 acres to mow. Less mowing and more growing.

Squirrels been a slight problem but just about the time I've had enough these small hawks that work in groups move in and wipe out the tree rats. It happens every summer twice because of rabbits getting out of control too. Them little hawks got it figured out.

I've heard that it's incredibly stupid to **** around with a crazy man's head.

It depends what you are planting and how much effort you are willing to put in. I'm not big on the early things. Also my garden is a lot smaller than yours.

I'm probably 1 or 2 weeks behind you in terms of temperature given how much further south you are than me.

Also, I don't have anywhere to store potatoes so I'm not worried about maximizing yields. I usually end up wasting or giving away a good chunk of them. I mix them in with my cantaloupes so I can't dig them early.